Sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions

ABSTRACT

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that support sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission in low latency wireless transmissions. A set of shortened transmission time intervals (sTTIs) for uplink transmissions of a first wireless service may be identified; the set of sTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wireless service with a longer TTI than the sTTIs. Two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs may be used for SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundaries.

CROSS REFERENCES

The present Application for Patent claims priority to U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No. 62/438,160, entitled “Sounding Reference SignalTransmission In Low Latency Wireless Transmissions,” filed Dec. 22,2016, assigned to the assignee hereof.

BACKGROUND

The following relates generally to wireless communication, and morespecifically to sounding reference signal transmission in low latencywireless transmissions.

Wireless multiple-access technologies have been adopted in varioustelecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enablesdifferent wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national,regional, and even global level. An example telecommunication standardis Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE is designed to improve spectralefficiency, lower costs, improve services, make use of new spectrum, andbetter integrate with other open standards. LTE may use OFDMA on thedownlink (DL), single-carrier frequency division multiple access(SC-FDMA) on the uplink (UL), and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)antenna technology.

In some examples, a wireless multiple-access communication system mayinclude a number of base stations, each simultaneously supportingcommunication for multiple communication devices, otherwise known asuser equipment (UEs). In a LTE or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, a set ofone or more base stations may define an eNodeB (eNB). In other examples(e.g., in a next generation new radio (NR) or 5G network), a wirelessmultiple access communication system may include a number of smart radioheads (RHs) in communication with a number of access node controllers(ANCs), where a set of one or more RHs, in communication with an ANC,defines a base station (e.g., an eNB or gNB). A base station maycommunicate with a set of UEs on downlink (DL) channels (e.g., fortransmissions from a base station to a UE) and uplink (UL) channels(e.g., for transmissions from a UE to a base station).

A base station in some LTE or NR deployments may transmit to one or moreUEs using different length transmission time intervals (TTI) that may bereduced in length relative to legacy LTE TTIs. Such a reduced length TTImay be referred to as a shortened TTI (sTTI) and users communicatingusing sTTIs may be referred to as low latency users. An sTTI may be asubset of one or more subframes that correspond to legacy TTI subframes.A base station may allocate transmission resources for sTTIs to a UEthat may include time resources, frequency resources, and one or morecomponent carriers (CCs) to be used for sTTI transmissions. Efficientallocation of such resources for data, control information, andreference signal transmissions may help to increase the efficiency of awireless communications system.

SUMMARY

The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices,or apparatuses that support sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissionin low latency wireless transmissions. Generally, the describedtechniques provide for identifying a set of shortened transmission timeintervals (sTTIs) for uplink transmissions of a first wireless service(e.g., an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service); theset of sTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of asecond wireless service (e.g., an enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB)service). Two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs may be used for SRStransmissions within the subframe time boundaries. In some examples, thesubframe time boundaries may include two slot boundaries (e.g., 0.5 msslot boundaries within a 1 ms subframe), and the sTTIs may beslot-aligned sTTIs such that the sTTIs do not span slot boundaries. AnsTTI may have a length corresponding to a slot length in some examples.In other examples, multiple sTTIs may be located within each slot, witheach sTTI having a length of two or three orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

In some cases, one OFDM symbol from each slot may be identified for SRStransmissions. In some examples, each slot may include two 2-symbolsTTIs and one 3-symbol sTTI, and an OFDM symbol from each 3-symbol sTTImay be selected for SRS transmissions. In some examples, two or moresymbols from two or more 2-symbol sTTIs may be selected for SRStransmissions. SRS transmissions may be configured, in some examples, asaperiodic SRS transmissions or periodic SRS transmissions. In somecases, a bandwidth used for SRS transmissions may be selected to providefrequency diversity for channel estimation. Furthermore, in some cases,SRS transmissions may be multiplexed with other transmissions, such asdemodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmissions or SRS transmissionsfrom other transmitters.

A method of wireless communication is described. The method may includeidentifying a set of sTTIs for uplink transmissions of a first wirelessservice, the set of sTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of asubframe of a second wireless service, identifying two or more sTTIswithin the set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries, and transmitting one or more SRS transmissionsin at least one of the two or more sTTIs.

An apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus mayinclude means for identifying a set of sTTIs for uplink transmissions ofa first wireless service, the set of sTTIs located within subframe timeboundaries of a subframe of a second wireless service, means foridentifying two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs for transmissionof SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundaries, and means fortransmitting one or more SRS transmissions in at least one of the two ormore sTTIs.

Another apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatusmay include a processor, memory in electronic communication with theprocessor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions maybe operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus toidentify a set of sTTIs for uplink transmissions of a first wirelessservice, the set of sTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of asubframe of a second wireless service, identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries, and transmit one or more SRS transmissions inat least one of the two or more sTTIs.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless communication isdescribed. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may includeinstructions operable to cause a processor to identify a set of sTTIsfor uplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service, identify two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs fortransmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundaries,and transmit one or more SRS transmissions in at least one of the two ormore sTTIs.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, a number of SRS transmissionswithin the subframe time boundaries may be configurable by a basestation.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for identifying a first subset of theset of sTTIs that each span two OFDM symbols and a second subset of theset of sTTIs that each span three OFDM symbols. Some examples of themethod, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium describedabove may further include processes, features, means, or instructionsfor configuring the two or more sTTIs of the second subset for SRStransmissions.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the identifying the secondsubset comprises identifying a first three-symbol sTTI as an initialsTTI of a first slot within the subframe time boundaries, identifying asecond three-symbol sTTI as a final sTTI of a second slot within thesubframe time boundaries, and identifying a first SRS symbol within thefirst three-symbol sTTI for a first SRS transmission and a second SRSsymbol within the second three-symbol sTTI for a second SRStransmission, wherein the second SRS symbol of a first subframe may beadjacent to the first SRS symbol of a subsequent subframe. Some examplesof the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable mediumdescribed above may further include processes, features, means, orinstructions for selecting a first frequency band for the first SRStransmission. Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for selecting a second frequency bandfor the second SRS transmission that may be different than the firstfrequency band, wherein the first frequency band and the secondfrequency band may be selected to provide frequency diversity betweenthe first SRS transmission and the second SRS transmission. In someexamples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readablemedium described above, the locations of the first SRS symbol and thesecond SRS symbol may be selected to provide reduced transient time fora change in one or more of an uplink transmit power or a resource blockallocation associated with the first SRS transmission and the second SRStransmission.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the identifying the secondsubset comprises identifying a final sTTI within each of a first slotand a second slot within the subframe time boundaries as three-symbolsTTIs. In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, an SRS symbol location withineach sTTI of the second subset may be selected to provide time diversitybetween subsequent SRS transmissions and wherein frequency bands for thesubsequent SRS transmissions may be selected to provide frequencydiversity between the subsequent SRS transmissions.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for selecting the SRS symbol locationwithin the first slot to be either an initial symbol or a last symbol ofthe associated three-symbol sTTI. Some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described abovemay further include processes, features, means, or instructions forselecting the SRS symbol location within the second slot to be a lastsymbol of the associated three-symbol sTTI.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for identifying a subset of the set ofsTTIs that each span two OFDM symbols. Some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described abovemay further include processes, features, means, or instructions forconfiguring two or more sTTIs of the subset for SRS transmissions. Insome examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the two or more two-symbolsTTIs within each of a first slot and a second slot within the subframetime boundaries may be configured for SRS transmissions. In someexamples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readablemedium described above, one or both of the OFDM symbols within the twoor more sTTIs may be configured for SRS transmissions.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for receiving an aperiodicconfiguration in an uplink grant that indicates resources for the one ormore SRS transmissions in at least one of the two or more sTTIs. Someexamples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readablemedium described above may further include processes, features, means,or instructions for receiving a downlink grant that indicates an uplinkcontrol channel transmission is to be transmitted. Some examples of themethod, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium describedabove may further include processes, features, means, or instructionsfor determining, based at least in part on the downlink grant, that theone or more SRS transmissions may be to be transmitted. In some examplesof the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable mediumdescribed above, the determining may be based at least in part on anindication that data and a DMRS are to be transmitted in two symbols ofa three symbol sTTI.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the one or more SRStransmissions may be used as filler in one or more sTTIs that otherwisecontain no uplink transmissions.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for receiving configuration informationthat indicates resources for periodic SRS transmissions. In someexamples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readablemedium described above, the configuration information comprises anindication of cell-specific sTTIs and UE-specific sTTIs that are to beused for SRS transmissions, and wherein the method, apparatus, andnon-transitory computer-readable medium described above may furtherinclude processes, features, means, or instructions for identifying afirst sTTI for SRS transmission when the first sTTI corresponds to botha cell-specific sTTI and a UE-specific sTTI.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for identifying a first bandwidth forthe one or more SRS transmissions based at least in part on one or moreof a channel bandwidth or an sTTI length for uplink transmissions. Insome examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the first bandwidth for afirst SRS transmission may be increased relative to a second bandwidthfor one or more other SRS transmissions associated with the secondwireless service.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for multiplexing a DMRS with a firstSRS in a first symbol that may be configured for both DMRS and SRStransmission. In some examples of the method, apparatus, andnon-transitory computer-readable medium described above, themultiplexing comprises transmitting the DMRS in a first interlace of thefirst symbol, and transmitting the first SRS in a second interlace ofthe first symbol. In some examples of the method, apparatus, andnon-transitory computer-readable medium described above, themultiplexing comprises transmitting the DMRS in a first interlace of thefirst symbol using a first cyclic shift, and transmitting the first SRSin the first interlace of the first symbol using a second cyclic shift.In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the multiplexing comprisestransmitting the DMRS using a first cyclic shift, and transmitting thefirst SRS using a second cyclic shift. In some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described above,the multiplexing comprises transmitting the DMRS using a first set ofantenna ports, and transmitting the first SRS using a second set ofantenna ports that may be different than the first set of antenna ports.

A method of wireless communication is described. The method may includeidentifying a set of sTTIs for uplink transmissions of a first wirelessservice, the set of sTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of asubframe of a second wireless service, identifying two or more sTTIswithin the set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries, and configuring a UE to transmit one or moreSRS transmissions in at least one of the two or more sTTIs.

An apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatus mayinclude means for identifying a set of sTTIs for uplink transmissions ofa first wireless service, the set of sTTIs located within subframe timeboundaries of a subframe of a second wireless service, means foridentifying two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs for transmissionof SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundaries, and means forconfiguring a UE to transmit one or more SRS transmissions in at leastone of the two or more sTTIs.

Another apparatus for wireless communication is described. The apparatusmay include a processor, memory in electronic communication with theprocessor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions maybe operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus toidentify a set of sTTIs for uplink transmissions of a first wirelessservice, the set of sTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of asubframe of a second wireless service, identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries, and configure a UE to transmit one or more SRStransmissions in at least one of the two or more sTTIs.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless communication isdescribed. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may includeinstructions operable to cause a processor to identify a set of sTTIsfor uplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service, identify two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs fortransmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundaries,and configure a UE to transmit one or more SRS transmissions in at leastone of the two or more sTTIs.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for configuring a first subset of theset of sTTIs that each span two OFDM symbols and a second subset of theset of sTTIs that each span three OFDM symbols. Some examples of themethod, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium describedabove may further include processes, features, means, or instructionsfor configuring two or more sTTIs of the second subset for the one ormore SRS transmissions.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the configuring the secondsubset comprises configuring a first three-symbol sTTI as an initialsTTI of a first slot within the subframe time boundaries, configuring asecond three-symbol sTTI as a final sTTI of a second slot within thesubframe time boundaries, and configuring a first SRS symbol within thefirst three-symbol sTTI for a first SRS transmission and a second SRSsymbol within the second three-symbol sTTI for a second SRStransmission, wherein the second symbol of a first subframe may beadjacent to the first symbol of a subsequent subframe. In some examplesof the method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable mediumdescribed above, the locations of the first SRS symbol and the secondSRS symbol may be selected to provide reduced transient time for achange in one or more of an uplink transmit power or a resource blockallocation associated with the first SRS transmission and the second SRStransmission.

In some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the configuring the secondsubset comprises configuring a final sTTI within each of a first slotand a second slot within the subframe time boundaries as three-symbolsTTIs.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for identifying a subset of the set ofsTTIs that each span two OFDM symbols. Some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described abovemay further include processes, features, means, or instructions forconfiguring two or more sTTIs of the subset for the one or more SRStransmissions. In some examples of the method, apparatus, andnon-transitory computer-readable medium described above, one or both ofthe OFDM symbols within the two or more sTTIs may be configured for SRStransmissions.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for transmitting an aperiodicconfiguration in an uplink grant to the UE that indicates resources forthe one or more SRS transmissions. Some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described abovemay further include processes, features, means, or instructions fortransmitting a downlink grant to the UE that indicates an uplink controlchannel transmission is to be transmitted and that the one or more SRStransmissions are to be transmitted. In some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described above,a determination that the one or more SRS transmissions may be to betransmitted may be based at least in part on an indication in thedownlink grant that data and a DMRS are to be transmitted in two symbolsof a three symbol sTTI.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for transmitting configurationinformation that indicates resources for periodic SRS transmissions. Insome examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above, the configuration informationcomprises an indication of cell-specific sTTIs and UE-specific sTTIsthat may be to be used for SRS transmissions, and a first sTTI for SRStransmission may be identified when the first sTTI corresponds to both acell-specific sTTI and a UE-specific sTTI.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for identifying a first bandwidth for afirst SRS transmission of the one or more SRS transmissions based atleast in part on one or more of a channel bandwidth or an sTTI lengthfor uplink transmissions.

Some examples of the method, apparatus, and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium described above may further include processes,features, means, or instructions for configuring the UE to multiplex aDMRS with a first SRS transmission in a first symbol. Some examples ofthe method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable mediumdescribed above may further include processes, features, means, orinstructions for receiving the DMRS in a first interlace of the firstsymbol, and receiving the first SRS transmission in a second interlaceof the first symbol. Some examples of the method, apparatus, andnon-transitory computer-readable medium described above may furtherinclude processes, features, means, or instructions for receiving theDMRS in a first interlace of the first symbol using a first cyclicshift, and receiving the first SRS transmission in the first interlaceof the first symbol using a second cyclic shift. Some examples of themethod, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium describedabove may further include processes, features, means, or instructionsfor receiving the DMRS using a first cyclic shift, and receiving thefirst SRS using a second cyclic shift. Some examples of the method,apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described abovemay further include processes, features, means, or instructions forreceiving the DMRS using a first set of antenna ports, and receiving thefirst SRS transmission using a second set of antenna ports that may bedifferent than the first set of antenna ports.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a system for wireless communicationthat supports SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system thatsupports SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of slot-aligned sTTI resources thatsupport SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of uplink resources within subframes thatmay support SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates another example of uplink resources within subframesthat may support SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissionsin accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of frequency bands in a subframe that maybe selected for SRS transmissions in low latency wireless transmissionsin accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of wireless resources and transient timesfor SRS transmissions in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates another example of wireless resources and transienttimes for SRS transmissions in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of frequency resources that may supportSRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 illustrates an example of reference signal multiplexing thatsupports SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a process flow that supports SRStransmission in low latency wireless transmissions in accordance withaspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 12 through 14 show block diagrams of a device that supports SRStransmission in low latency wireless transmissions in accordance withaspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 illustrates a block diagram of a system including a UE thatsupports SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 16 through 18 show block diagrams of a device that supports SRStransmission in low latency wireless transmissions in accordance withaspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 19 illustrates a block diagram of a system including a base stationthat supports SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 20 through 36 illustrate methods for SRS transmission in lowlatency wireless transmissions in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Improved methods, systems, devices, or apparatuses of various examplesmay be used to support sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission forshortened transmission time interval (sTTI) communications in lowlatency wireless communications systems. Resources allocated for lowlatency communication may be used for uplink and downlink communicationusing sTTIs that have a reduced length relative to TTIs ofcommunications that may be relatively latency insensitive, such asenhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) transmissions that may use a 1 ms TTIduration. Communications using sTTIs may use, in some cases, an sTTIduration that corresponds to one slot of a wireless subframe, or an sTTIduration that corresponds to two or three orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) symbols. In some cases, sTTIs may be configured tohave boundaries within or aligned with boundaries of a slot of a 1 msTTI. In some examples, the sTTIs may span two or three OFDM symbols, andeach slot may have three sTTIs. In such a manner, all seven symbols of aslot using a normal cyclic prefix may be utilized and system resourcesmay be more efficiently utilized relative to a case where threetwo-symbol sTTIs would be included in a seven-symbol slot.

Various techniques as disclosed herein may provide for identifyinguplink resources for sTTI transmissions. A portion of the uplinkresources may be used for reference signal transmissions, such as SRStransmissions. In some examples, resources for a number of sTTIs may bealigned within slots in a subframe boundary that include a number ofsTTIs, and two or more sTTIs may be configured for SRS transmissions. AnsTTI may have a length corresponding to a slot length in some examples.In other examples, multiple sTTIs may be located within each slot, witheach sTTI having a length of two or three OFDM symbols.

In some cases, one OFDM symbol from each slot may be identified for SRStransmissions. In some examples, each slot may include two 2-symbolsTTIs and one 3-symbol sTTI, and an OFDM symbol from each 3-symbol sTTImay be selected for SRS transmissions. In some examples, two or moresymbols from two or more 2-symbol sTTIs may be selected for SRStransmissions. SRS transmissions may be configured, in some examples, asaperiodic SRS transmissions or periodic SRS transmissions. In somecases, a bandwidth used for SRS transmissions may be selected to providefrequency diversity for channel estimation. Furthermore, in some cases,SRS transmissions may be multiplexed with other transmissions, such asdemodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmissions or SRS transmissionsfrom other transmitters.

Low latency communications using sTTIs may be used in systems, forexample, that may support multiple different services for datacommunications. Different services may be selected depending upon thenature of the communications. For example, communications that requirelow latency and high reliability, sometimes referred to as missioncritical (MiCr) communications, may be served through a lower-latencyservice (e.g., a URLLC service) that uses sTTIs. Correspondingly,communications that are more delay-tolerant may be served through aservice that provides relatively higher throughput with somewhat higherlatency, such as a mobile broadband service (e.g., an eMBB service) thatuses 1 ms TTIs. In other examples, communications may be with UEs thatare incorporated into other devices (e.g., meters, vehicles, appliances,machinery, etc.), and a machine-type communication (MTC) service (e.g.,massive MTC (mMTC)) may be used for such communications. In some cases,different services (e.g., eMBB, URLLC, mMTC) may have different TTIs,different sub-carrier (or tone) spacing and different cyclic prefixes.

The present disclosure describes various techniques with reference tonext generation networks (e.g., 5G or NR networks) that are beingdesigned to support features such as high bandwidth operations, moredynamic subframe/slot types, and self-contained subframe/slot types (inwhich hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for asubframe/slot may be transmitted before the end of the subframe/slot).However, such techniques may be used for any system in which TTIs ofdifferent lengths may be transmitted in a wireless communicationssystem.

Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context of awireless communications system. Various examples of SRS configurationsfor different sTTI resources are then discussed. Aspects of thedisclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference toapparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate toreference signal pattern and pilot sharing for shortened transmissiontime interval wireless communications.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100 inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The wirelesscommunications system 100 includes base stations 105, UEs 115, and acore network 130. In some examples, the wireless communications system100 may be a LTE (or LTE-Advanced) network, or a New Radio (NR) network.In some cases, wireless communications system 100 may support enhancedbroadband communications, ultra-reliable (i.e., mission critical)communications, low latency communications, and communications withlow-cost and low-complexity devices. SRS transmissions associated withlow latency communications may be transmitted from UEs 115 of wirelesscommunications system 100 according to techniques as discussed herein.

Base stations 105 may wirelessly communicate with UEs 115 via one ormore base station antennas. Each base station 105 may providecommunication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110.Communication links 125 shown in wireless communications system 100 mayinclude uplink (UL) transmissions from a UE 115 to a base station 105,or downlink (DL) transmissions, from a base station 105 to a UE 115.Control information and data may be multiplexed on an uplink channel ordownlink according to various techniques. Control information and datamay be multiplexed on a downlink channel, for example, using timedivision multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing(FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. In some examples, thecontrol information transmitted during a TTI of a downlink channel maybe distributed between different control regions in a cascaded manner(e.g., between a common control region and one or more UE-specificcontrol regions).

UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout the wireless communications system100, and each UE 115 may be stationary or mobile. A UE 115 may also bereferred to as a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, asubscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, awireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, amobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, awireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobileclient, a client, or some other suitable terminology. A UE 115 may alsobe a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wirelessmodem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a tabletcomputer, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a personal electronicdevice, a handheld device, a personal computer, a wireless local loop(WLL) station, an Internet of things (IoT) device, an Internet ofEverything (IoE) device, a machine type communication (MTC) device, anappliance, an automobile, a drone, or the like.

In some cases, a UE 115 may also be able to communicate directly withother UEs (e.g., using a peer-to-peer (P2P) or device-to-device (D2D)protocol). Some UEs 115, such as MTC or IoT devices, may be low cost orlow complexity devices, and may provide for automated communicationbetween machines, i.e., Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication. M2M orMTC may refer to data communication technologies that allow devices tocommunicate with one another or a base station without humanintervention. Examples of applications for MTC devices include smartmetering, inventory monitoring, water level monitoring, equipmentmonitoring, healthcare monitoring, wildlife monitoring, weather andgeological event monitoring, fleet management and tracking, remotesecurity sensing, physical access control, and transaction-basedbusiness charging.

In some cases, an MTC device may operate using half-duplex (one-way)communications at a reduced peak rate. MTC devices may also beconfigured to enter a power saving “deep sleep” mode when not engagingin active communications. In some cases, MTC or IoT devices may bedesigned to support mission critical functions and wirelesscommunications system may be configured to provide ultra-reliable andlow latency communications for these functions.

Base stations 105 may communicate with the core network 130 and with oneanother. For example, base stations 105 may interface with the corenetwork 130 through backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1, etc.). Base stations105 may communicate with one another over backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2,etc.) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through core network 130).Base stations 105 may perform radio configuration and scheduling forcommunication with UEs 115, or may operate under the control of a basestation controller (not shown). In some examples, base stations 105 maybe macro cells, small cells, hot spots, or the like. Base stations 105may be an example of a LTE eNB, an eLTE eNB, an NR gNB, an NR Node-B, anNR access node, and may include an access node controller (ANC).

A base station 105 may interface with the core network 130 throughbackhaul links 132 (e.g., S1, S2, NG-1, NG-2, NG-3, NG-C, NG-U etc.) andmay perform radio configuration and scheduling for communication withthe UEs 115 within an associated coverage area 110. In various examples,the network devices 105-b may communicate, either directly or indirectly(e.g., through core network 130), with each other over backhaul links134 (e.g., X1, X2, Xn etc.), which may be wired or wirelesscommunication links. Each base station 105 may also communicate with anumber of UEs 115 through a number of other network devices, where anetwork device may be an example of a transmission reception point(TRP), a distributed unit (DU), a radio head (RH), a remote radio head(RRH), or a smart radio head.

Wireless communications system 100 may support operation on multiplecells or carriers, a feature which may be referred to as carrieraggregation (CA) or multi-carrier operation. A carrier may also bereferred to as a component carrier (CC), a layer, a channel, etc. Theterms “carrier,” “component carrier,” “cell,” and “channel” may be usedinterchangeably herein. A UE 115 may be configured with multipledownlink CCs and one or more uplink CCs for carrier aggregation. Carrieraggregation may be used with both FDD and TDD component carriers.

In some cases, wireless communications system 100 may utilize enhancedcomponent carriers (eCCs). An eCC may be characterized by one or morefeatures including: wider bandwidth, shorter symbol duration, andshorter transmission time interval (TTIs). In some cases, an eCC may beassociated with a carrier aggregation configuration or a dualconnectivity configuration (e.g., when multiple serving cells have asuboptimal or non-ideal backhaul link). An eCC may also be configuredfor use in unlicensed spectrum or shared spectrum (where more than oneoperator is allowed to use the spectrum). In some cases, an eCC mayutilize a different symbol duration than other CCs, which may includeuse of a reduced symbol duration as compared with symbol durations ofthe other CCs. A shorter symbol duration is associated with increasedsubcarrier spacing. A device, such as a UE 115 or base station 105,utilizing eCCs may transmit wideband signals (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80 MHz,etc.) at reduced symbol durations (e.g., 16.67 microseconds). A TTI ineCC may consist of one or multiple symbols. In some cases, the TTIduration (that is, the number of symbols in a TTI) may be variable. A 5Gor NR carrier may be considered an eCC.

In some cases, wireless system 100 may utilize both licensed andunlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands. For example, wireless system100 may employ LTE License Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) or LTE Unlicensed(LTE U) radio access technology or NR technology in an unlicensed bandsuch as the 5 Ghz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band. Whenoperating in unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands, wireless devicessuch as base stations 105 and UEs 115 may employ listen-before-talk(LBT) procedures to ensure the channel is clear before transmittingdata. In some cases, operations in unlicensed bands may be based on acarrier aggregation (CA) configuration in conjunction with componentcarriers (CCs) operating in a licensed band. Operations in unlicensedspectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, orboth. Duplexing in unlicensed spectrum may be based on frequencydivision duplexing (FDD), time division duplexing (TDD) or a combinationof both.

Time intervals in LTE or NR may be expressed in multiples of a basictime unit (which may be a sampling period of T_(s)=1/30,720,000seconds). Time resources in LTE/LTE-A may be organized according toradio frames of length of 10 ms (T_(f)=307200T_(s)), which may beidentified by a system frame number (SFN) ranging from 0 to 1023. Eachframe may include ten 1 ms subframes numbered from 0 to 9. A subframemay be further divided into two 0.5 ms slots, each of which contains 6or 7 modulation symbol periods (depending on the length of the cyclicprefix prepended to each symbol). Excluding the cyclic prefix, eachsymbol contains 2048 sample periods. In some cases the subframe may bethe smallest scheduling unit, also known as a TTI. In other cases, a TTImay be shorter than a subframe or may be dynamically selected (e.g., insTTI bursts or in selected component carriers using sTTIs). Variousexamples discussed herein provide techniques for shortened TTIs, whichmay provide SRS resources that may be present within two or more sTTIsin a subframe and that may be used by a base station 105 to estimate theuplink channel quality associated with a UE 115 over a bandwidth thatmay be wider than a bandwidth used for uplink data transmission from theUE 115. In some cases, one or more OFDM symbols within sTTIs of eachslot may be configured for SRS transmissions.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 200for sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions. Wireless communications system 200 includes base station105-a and UE 115-a, which may be examples of aspects of a UE 115 asdescribed above with reference to FIG. 1. In the example of FIG. 2, thewireless communications system 200 may operate according to a radioaccess technology (RAT) such as a 5G or NR RAT, although techniquesdescribed herein may be applied to any RAT and to systems that mayconcurrently use two or more different RATs.

Base station 105-a may communicate with UE 115-a over carrier 205. Insome examples, base station 105-a may allocate resources forcommunication with UEs over carrier 205. For example, base station 105-amay allocate subframes 210 for communication with UE 115-a, and one ormore subframes 210 may correspond to a legacy LTE TTI having a TTIlength of one ms. In this example, subframes 210 may include a firstsubframe 210-a, a second subframe 210-b, and a third subframe 210-c.Each of the subframes 210 may include two slots, in which each slot mayhave seven symbols for a normal cyclic prefix. In this example, a firstslot (slot 0) 220 and a second slot (slot 1) 225 may be included in thefirst subframe 210-a.

As indicated above, in the uplink of a low latency system, differentsTTI lengths may be used for transmissions over carrier 205. Forexample, two-symbol sTTI, three-symbol sTTI, and 1-slot sTTI durationsmay be supported for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) andphysical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions (or shortened PUCCH(sPUCCH) and shortened PUSCH (sPUSCH) transmissions). Thus, within firstslot 220 or second slot 225, there may be multiple sTTIs, such as afirst sTTI (TTI-0) 230, a second sTTI (TTI-1) 235, and a third sTTI(TTI-2) 240, that may each have a two or three OFDM symbol duration.

When two-symbol or three-symbol sTTI is used, in some cases it may bedesirable to have a fixed sTTI structure in which sTTI boundaries liewithin slot boundaries or are aligned with slot boundaries, such as theboundaries of the first slot 220 or second slot 225, which may bereferred to as slot-aligned sTTIs. As discussed above, when using anormal CP, seven symbols are included in each slot 220-225, and thuseach slot may include three sTTIs for slot-aligned sTTIs. As the TTIlength gets shorter, it may not always possible to reuse the legacy SRSresources for SRS transmissions of sTTI transmissions, as a particularsTTI may not include a legacy SRS resource. More specifically, in legacyLTE, a SRS may be transmitted over the last OFDM symbol within a validSRS subframe, and may be used for uplink frequency selective schedulingand/or uplink timing estimation (especially when there are no physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) or physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)transmissions for some time).

SRS transmissions may be on the same, overlapping, or differentfrequency resources as those of PUSCH transmissions from UE 115-a.Additionally, different types of SRS are supported. More specifically,type 0 SRS may be triggered by radio resource control

(RRC) signaling, which may include a single SRS or periodic SRS withperiodicity ranges from 2 ms to 320 ms. Legacy SRS types also includetype 1 SRS, which are configured by RRC, but triggered by DL/UL DCI, anddifferent SRS configuration sets are defined by the higher layer and mayinclude, for example, SRS bandwidth, frequency domain position,transmission comb index, cyclic shift (CS), and the like. From afrequency-domain resource selection perspective, SRS transmissions canbe categorized as wideband SRS that occupy an entire bandwidth ofinterest (not necessarily the entire available bandwidth), or narrowbandSRS that may be more suitable for users in poor coverage and allows UEs115 to do frequency hopping between SRS transmissions. SRS resources maybe configured by base station 105-a by providing a cell-specific SRSconfiguration that defines the subframes that can contain SRStransmission as well as the set of SRS bandwidth available in the cell.The base station 105-a may also provide a UE-specific SRS configurationthat defines time-domain and frequency domain resources. UE 115-a insuch deployments may send an SRS if its UE-specific SRS subframecoincides with the cell-specific SRS subframe. The UE 115-a may alsorefrain from transmissions in SRS resources of the cell-specific SRSsubframe so as to avoid interference with SRS transmissions of otherUEs.

When operating using sTTIs, legacy SRS configurations may not providesufficient SRS opportunities for UE 115-a, as for each 1 ms subframe,there is at most one SRS transmission opportunity. Under the sTTIoperation, given the finer time allocation (smaller sTTI length),various aspects of the present disclosure provide multiple SRStransmission opportunities within one subframe. Such SRS transmissionsmay be beneficial, for example, because it provides uplink linkadaptation that can better track the channel variations over time inboth FDD and TDD based systems, which may be suitable for high-speedscenarios that may rely on a URLLC service. Multiple SRS transmissionsper subframe may also be beneficial in cases where the UE 115-a may bein poor coverage, and may be configured to transmit SRS over arelatively narrow frequency bandwidth with frequency hopping acrossmultiple SRS opportunities, by allowing faster channel estimation (e.g.,a specific band may be covered more quickly with the additional SRStransmission opportunities per subframe). Additionally, faster channelestimation that may be provided in part by the additional SRStransmissions may help to increase both network capacity as well as UE115-a perceived throughput.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of slot-aligned sTTI resources 300 thatsupport SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions. The sTTIresources 300 may be used, for example, in slot-aligned sTTI patternsfor low latency communications between a UE and a base station such asdiscussed above with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. A subframe 310 may haveresources allocated for uplink communication. Subframe 310 may includetwo slots: first slot (slot 0) 315 and second slot (slot 1) 320 that maycorrespond to 1 ms or legacy LTE TTI slots. Each slot 315 and 320 mayinclude slot-aligned sTTIs allocated for low latency communication, forexample, according to a first slot alignment 345 or a second slotalignment 355. Each slot 315 and 320 may include three sTTIs, includinga first TTI (TTI-0) 325, a second TTI (TTI-1) 330, and a third TTI(TTI-2) 335, and may have frequency resources corresponding to frequencybandwidth f0 350.

As can be seen from above, in order to make sure that the sTTIs do notcross the slot boundary within the 1 ms subframe 310, both 2-symbol and3-symbol sTTIs may be used within slot 315 or slot 320. In the firstslot alignment 345, the first sTTI 325 and the second sTTI 330 may eachhave two OFDM symbols, and the third sTTI 335 may have three OFDMsymbols. In the second slot alignment 355, the first sTTI 325 may havethree symbols, with the second sTTI 330 and the third sTTI 335 eachhaving two OFDM symbols. In some examples, a particular subframe 310 maybe configured with a pattern based on slot 0 315 having the second slotalignment 355 and slot 1 320 having the first slot alignment 345 (i.e.,a [3,2,2,2,2,3] pattern, which may be referred to herein as pattern 1).In other examples, the subframe 310 may be configured with a patternbased on both slot 0 315 and slot 1 320 having the first slot alignment345 (i.e., a [2,2,3,2,2,3] pattern, which may be referred to herein aspattern 2). Of course, other patterns of 2-symbol and 3-symbol sTTIswithin slots, and different patterns of slots within subframes, may beused, and the examples provided herein are provided for purposes ofillustration and discussion with the understanding that the similartechniques may be used for other patterns. FIG. 4 illustrates resourceswithin subframes having different sTTI patterns that may be used for SRStransmissions.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of uplink resources 400 within subframesthat may support SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions.The uplink resources 400 may be used, for example, in slot-aligned sTTIpatterns for low latency communications between a UE and a base stationsuch as discussed above with respect to FIGS. 1 through 3. In thisexample, a first subframe 405 may be configured with pattern 1, and mayhave a first sTTI (sTTI-0) 415 having three OFDM symbols, second throughfifth sTTIs (sTTI-1 through sTTI-4) 420-435 that may each have two OFDMsymbols, and a sixth sTTI (sTTI-5) 440 that may have three OFDM symbols.Also in this example, a second subframe 410 may be configured withpattern 2, and may have a first sTTI (sTTI-6) 450 and second sTTI(sTTI-7) 455 that have two OFDM symbols, a third sTTI (sTTI-8) 460 thathas three OFDM symbols, followed by fourth sTTI (sTTI-9) 465 and fifthsTTI (sTTI-10) 470 that have two OFDM symbols, and sixth sTTI (sTTI-11)475 having three OFDM symbols.

In some examples, 3-symbol sTTIs may be configured with resources forSRS 445 transmissions. In such examples, the first subframe 405 may haveSRS resources 445-a present in sTTI-0 415, and SRS resources 445-bpresent in sTTI-5 440. Second subframe 410 in such examples may have SRSresources 445-c present in sTTI-8 460, and SRS resources 445-d presentin sTTI-11 475. In the case of uplink transmissions that use pattern 1of the first subframe 405, consecutive subframes will have adjacent3-symbol sTTIs, and thus time diversity gain from multiple SRS 445transmissions within subframes may be small. In some examples, as willbe discussed in more detail below, SRS 445 transmissions from adjacentsTTIs may be transmitted over different frequency bands for frequencydiversity that may allow an entire available bandwidth to be coveredrelatively quickly. SRS 445 transmissions in such adjacent sTTIs, inother examples, may be transmitted over the same frequency band, whichmay allow for some time diversity and may be used, for example, insituations where a UE is traveling at a high speed relative to a basestation.

In the case of uplink transmissions that use pattern 2 of the secondsubframe 410, the two 3-symbol sTTIs, namely sTTI-8 460 and sTTI-11 475,are evenly distributed within the second subframe 410. Hence, in someexamples SRS 445-c and SRS 445-d may be transmitted using differentfrequency resources, and additionally, there is a possibility to obtainsome channel time diversity when estimating the channel of a specificband.

Within each 3-symbol sTTI, resources can be reserved for SRStransmission in one symbol, such as the first symbol or the last symbolof a 3-symbol sTTI, thus providing patterns of [X,X,SRS] or [SRS, X, X],where X is Data/DMRS/Null. In these cases, the remaining two symbols ofeach 3-symbol sTTI may be used for uplink data and/or DMRS transmissions(or no transmission may be transmitted in cases where a null symbol maybe present). As discussed above, subframe pattern 1 ([3,2,2,2,2,3]) maybe used in some cases, and in these cases the SRS pattern within the3-symbol sTTI may be [X,X,SRS] over the last 3-symbol sTTI of asubframe, which is consistent with the legacy SRS symbol. For theinitial 3-symbol sTTI of a subframe, a pattern of [SRS,X,X] or [X,X,SRS]may be used, for example. In some cases, the initial 3-symbol sTTI isconfigured to have the pattern

[SRS,X,X], which may provide a lower demodulation loss due to powertransient times, as will be discussed in more detail below. If asubframe is configured with pattern 2 ([2,2,3,2,2,3]), then theconfiguration of the last 3-symbol sTTI may be the same as discussedabove so as to provide consistency with the legacy SRS symbol, and thefirst 3-symbol sTTI of the subframe may be configured to have [SRS,X,X]or [X, X, SRS], for example.

In some examples, UEs may be configured to transmit aperiodic SRS. Insuch cases, the SRS transmission/location can be indicated in downlinkcontrol information (DCI) which may include an UL grant, when there isdata or DMRS to transmit. In some examples, the SRStransmission/location may also be indicated in a DL grant that mayindicate that the UE is to transmit a sPUCCH transmission. For example,a [DMRS,Data,SRS] pattern may be used over the 3-symbol sTTIs where[DMRS,Data] is configured in a sPUCCH transmission, and the SRStransmission is implicitly indicated without a specific grant. In somecases, the SRS can also be used as a filler, with 3-symbol sTTI or2-symbol sTTI patterns being [Null,Null,SRS], [SRS, Null, Null],[Null,SRS], or [SRS,Null].

In some examples, UEs may be configured to transmit periodic SRS.Periodic SRS may be more suitable for scenarios where different bandsare allocated to 1 ms TTI and sTTI operations, in which cases SRStransmissions outside of the last symbol of a subframe will be lesslikely to cause interference with data transmissions of other UEs due tobeing transmitted over a different frequency. Thus, one symbol withineach 3-symbol sTTI in such examples can be configured as an SRS symbol,similar to legacy LTE or 1 ms TTI operation where the last symbol of asubframe is an SRS symbol, and used by UEs for periodic SRStransmission. To enable periodic SRS, a base station, in some examples,may configure certain cell-specific SRS sTTIs that are common to all UEsbeing served by the base station. The base station, for each served UE,may configure UE-specific SRS sTTIs. The cell-specific and UE-specificsTTIs can be defined either during the cell-specific and UE-specific SRSsubframes (associated with legacy LTE service or with a 1 ms TTIservice) only, or can be defined over a different set of subframes. A UEmay transmit an SRS with a configured pattern when its UE-specific SRSsTTI coincides with the cell-specific SRS sTTI. Further, UEs do not sendsPUSCH over the defined SRS symbol during the cell-specific SRS sTTIs,in order to avoid interference with SRS transmissions.

FIG. 5 illustrates another example of uplink resources 500 withinsubframes that may support SRS transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions. The uplink resources 500 may be used, for example, inslot-aligned sTTI patterns for low latency communications between a UEand a base station such as discussed above with respect to FIGS. 1through 3. In this example, a subframe 505 may be configured withpattern 1, and may have a first sTTI (sTTI-0) 510 having three OFDMsymbols, second through fifth sTTIs (sTTI-1 through sTTI-4) 515-530 thatmay each have two OFDM symbols, and a sixth sTTI (sTTI-5) 535 that mayhave three OFDM symbols.

In some examples, both 3-symbol sTTIs and 2-symbol sTTIs may beconfigured with resources for SRS 540 transmissions. In such examples,2-symbol sTTIs may provide additional SRS opportunities, and frequencyresources for the SRS 540 transmissions may be selected to providefrequency hopping that may cover a transmission bandwidth of interest ina relatively short period, and SRS 540 resources for some SRS 540transmissions may be selected to have the same frequency resources witha large enough time spacing to provide good time diversity. Thefrequency diversity and time diversity may be used to estimate uplinkchannel quality over the desired transmission bandwidth. In the exampleof FIG. 5, the symbols within each sTTI 510-535 to use for SRStransmission may be selected so as to provide adjacent symbols with SRStransmissions, which may provide reduced transient times and enhancedemodulation performance for any data transmissions that may be presentin the non-SRS symbols, as will be discussed in more detail below. Overthe 2-symbol sTTIs, different symbols may be configured as [SRS,SRS],[Null,SRS], [SRS,Null], [DMRS,SRS], [SRS,DMRS], [data,SRS] or[SRS,data]. The data, SRS, DMRS, null patterns for the 3-symbol sTTIsmay include any available combination, such as the patterns discussedabove. In some cases, since each sTTI in such examples includes at leastone SRS transmission, SRS transmissions may be configured according toan aperiodic configuration, which may help to reduce potential impact onconcurrent 1 ms transmissions.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of frequency bands in a subframe 600 thatmay be selected for SRS transmissions in low latency wirelesstransmissions. The subframe 600 may be used, for example, in low latencycommunications between a UE and a base station such as discussed abovewith respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. In this example, subframe 600 may beconfigured with pattern 1, and may have a first frequency band f-0 605and a second frequency band f-1 610 that may be used for uplinktransmissions. The subframe 600 configured with pattern 1 may have afirst sTTI (sTTI-0) 615 having three OFDM symbols, second through fifthsTTIs (sTTI-1 through sTTI-4) 620-635 that may each have two OFDMsymbols, and a sixth sTTI (sTTI-5) 640 that may have three OFDM symbols.

As discussed above, in some cases data transmissions, such as PUSCH orsPUSCH transmissions outside of configured SRS symbols may betransmitted using a bandwidth that is less than an available systembandwidth, and SRS transmissions 645 may be transmitted on a differentbandwidth than other data transmissions. In some cases, SRStransmissions 645 from a UE may be transmitted according to a frequencyhopping pattern that may be configured at the UE, in which SRStransmissions 645 are transmitted on different frequencies in order toobtain channel quality information over an entire bandwidth of interestat a base station. In the example of FIG. 6, a first SRS transmission645-a may be transmitted in an initial symbol of an initial sTTI 615 ofsubframe 600, using frequency resources of frequency band f-1 610. Asecond SRS transmission 645-b may be transmitted in a last symbol of thelast sTTI 640 of subframe 600, using frequency resources of thefrequency band f-0 605. While only two frequency bands are illustratedin FIG. 6, additional frequency bands may be present in some cases, withfrequency resources for SRS transmissions selected based on a frequencyhopping pattern for SRS, for example.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of wireless resources 700 and transienttimes for SRS transmissions in low latency wireless transmissions. Thewireless resources 700 may be used, for example, in low latencycommunications between a UE and a base station such as discussed abovewith respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. In this example, a last sTTI 705 ofsubframe n may be a 3-symbol sTTI and include SRS resources 715-a in alast symbol of the sTTI. A first sTTI 710 of subframe n+1 may be a3-symbol sTTI and also include SRS resources 715-b in a last symbol ofthe sTTI. A second sTTI 720 of subframe n+1 may then follow. In thisexample, the SRS resources 715 are in a last symbol of a 3-symbol sTTIregardless of the location of the particular sTTI within a subframe. Insuch cases, transient times associated with SRS transmissions using SRSresources 715 may be present before and after the SRS transmissions,because the SRS transmissions themselves may be configured to provideSRS at a steady power over configured resource blocks (RBs), and thusthe transmitting UE uses time before and after the SRS to perform powerand/or RB allocation change between the SRS transmissions and adjacentdata or DMRS transmissions.

Thus, in cases where the SRS 715 symbols are not consecutive, such as inthe example of FIG. 7, transient times 725 are present adjacent to eachSRS resource 715, with a first transient time 725-a before the first SRSresource 715-a, which is followed by a second transient time 725-b.Similarly, non-adjacent SRS resource 715-b is preceded by transient time725-c and followed by transient time 725-d. In some examples, a 40 μstransient time is allowed for adjusting transmit power and/or RBallocation, although other transient times may be used in otherexamples. In this case, the last sTTI 705 of subframe n has X μs oftransient time, corresponding to transient time 725-a. However, thefirst sTTI 710 of subframe n+1 has two transient times, corresponding totransient time 725-b and transient time 725-c, thus resulting in thefirst sTTI 710 of subframe n+1 having 2X μs of transient time. Further,the second sTTI 720 of subframe n+1 is impacted as well, with X μs oftransient time, corresponding to transient time 725-d. Thus, aconsiderable portion of the first sTTI 710 in subframe n+1, or withinany first sTTI of a subframe, is subject to transient times which mayhave a negative impact on demodulation performance. The impact oftransient times is reduced, in some examples, by configuring SRS symbolsto be adjacent in cases where adjacent sTTIs have SRS transmissions,which is discussed below with respect to FIG. 8.

FIG. 8 illustrates another example of wireless resources 800 andtransient times for SRS transmissions in low latency wirelesstransmissions. The wireless resources 800 may be used, for example, inlow latency communications between a UE and a base station such asdiscussed above with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In this example, a last sTTI 805 of subframe n may be a 3-symbol sTTIand include SRS resources 815-a in a last symbol of the sTTI 805. Afirst sTTI 810 of subframe n+1 may be a 3-symbol sTTI and include SRSresources 815-b in an initial symbol of the sTTI 810, thus providingadjacent SRS resources 815 in subframes n and n+1. A second sTTI 820 ofsubframe n+1 may then follow sTTI 810. In this example, transient timesassociated with SRS transmissions using SRS resources 815 again may bepresent before and after the SRS transmissions, but because the SRSresources 815 are in consecutive symbols the impact on demodulationperformance is reduced.

In the example of FIG. 8, X μs of the last sTTI 805 of subframe n,corresponding to transient time 825-a, and 1.5X μs of the first sTTI 810of subframe n+1, corresponding to transient time 825-c and ½ of thetransient time 825-d. Transient time 825-d is shared between sTTI 810and sTTI 820, which may be due to RB allocation and/or uplink poweradjustment between sTTIs. A transient time 825-b may be present betweenthe adjacent SRS resources 815, and may be due to a resource block (RB)allocation change, for example, and may be divided between the two SRSsymbols. An improved demodulation quality may result, as compared to theexample of FIG. 7. Thus, in some examples, locations of SRS symbols maybe selected to provide reduced transient time for a change in one ormore of an uplink transmit power or a resource block allocation. Suchtechniques may be used for SRS transmissions in 3-symbol sTTIs and/orfor SRS transmissions in 2-symbol sTTIs.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of frequency resources 900 that maysupport SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions. Thefrequency resources 900 may be used, for example, in low latencycommunications between a UE and a base station such as discussed abovewith respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. In this example, a first sTTI (sTTI-0)905 may include resources that occupy a first channel bandwidth (f0) 910and SRS resources 915-a that may occupy a first SRS bandwidth 920. Theexample of FIG. 9 also includes a second sTTI (sTTI-n) 925, which mayinclude resources that occupy a second channel bandwidth (f1) 930 andSRS resources 915-b that may occupy a second SRS bandwidth 935. Asdiscussed above, the bandwidth for SRS transmissions 915 may bedifferent than a bandwidth used for data transmissions (e.g., sPUSCHtransmissions) of a UE.

In some cases, the bandwidth of the SRS transmissions 915 may bedependent upon an sTTI length and/or a system bandwidth that is used forsTTI transmissions. In legacy LTE, and in some 1 ms TTI services, aminimum SRS bandwidth may be defined as 4 RBs. In some cases, theminimum SRS bandwidth may be increased for sTTI operation. Such anincrease may be supported because a granularity of resource allocationsfor sTTIs may be greater than a granularity for 1 ms TTI resourceallocation (e.g., due to sTTI resource allocation being based on ablock-based scheme), and also because sTTI transmissions may besupported for UEs with good channel conditions (e.g., UEs that arecloser to base stations). Thus, in some examples, the minimum SRSbandwidth can be sTTI length and also system bandwidth dependent. Forexample, 16 or 20 RB SRS resources may be provided for a 2-symbol sTTIover 10 or 20 MHz channel bandwidth, while 4 or 8 RB SRS resources maybe provided for 2-symbol sTTI transmissions over smaller bandwidths. Forexample, 4 or 8 RB SRS resources may be provided for a slot sTTI over 10or 20 MHz. In such a manner, frequency hopping across multiple SRSopportunities can be completed more quickly.

FIG. 10 illustrates an example of reference signal multiplexing 1000that supports SRS transmission in low latency wireless transmissions.Reference signal multiplexing 1000 may be used, for example, in lowlatency communications between a UE and a base station such as discussedabove with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2. In this example, a first sTTI(sTTI-0) 1005 may include three symbols, with a last symbol 1025 of thesTTI 1005 configured with both SRS resources and DMRS resources. In theexample of FIG. 10, DMRS and SRS may be multiplexed by providing a DMRSinterlace 1030 and an SRS interlace 1035 within the last symbol 1025 ofthe first sTTI 1005. The DMRS interlace 1030 and the SRS interlace 1035may thus provide a comb-like structure, and DMRS and SRS sent fromdifferent users can be made orthogonal.

In the example of FIG. 10, the SRS interlace 1035 may cover a systembandwidth f0 1015 that is larger than a second bandwidth f1 that is usedfor the DMRS interlace 1030. In other examples, the two frequencies f0and f1 may be completely overlapping. In such examples with completelyoverlapping reference signal resources, DMRS and SRS may be transmittedover different combs, or over the same comb with different cyclic shifts(CSs). In other examples, both DMRS and SRS may both be sent usingcyclically shifted sequences of a base sequence (i.e., SRS is madesimilar to DMRS). In still further examples, both DMRS and SRS may besent without using any interlaces, using different CSs.

In examples where the DMRS and SRS allocated bands, f1 and f0, are notcompletely overlapping, such as where one is the superset of the otherone as illustrated in FIG. 10, DMRS and SRS from different users can besent via different combs. In other examples, SRS may be transmittedusing a comb-1 structure from LTE, similar to legacy DMRS transmissions.It may also be possible to share a symbol between SRS and DMRStransmitted from the same UE, in some cases. For example, when DMRS isnot precoded, SRS and DMRS can be sent via different antenna ports fromthe UE.

FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a process flow 1100 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions.Process flow 1100 may include a base station 105-b, and a UE 115-b,which may be examples of the corresponding devices described withreference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The base station 105-b and the UE 115-b mayestablish a connection 1105 according to established connectionestablishment techniques for the wireless communications system.

At block 1110, base station 105-b may identify that UL transmissions areto use sTTIs. Such an identification may be made, for example, based ona wireless service that the UE 115-b is capable of supporting and thatis to be served to the UE 115-b through the base station 105-b. Forexample, UE 115-b may request a URLLC service be established, which mayuse sTTIs, such as slot sTTIs or 2-symbol sTTIs. The UE 115-b may alsosupport other services (e.g., eMMB services) or legacy LTE users thatmay operate using a 1 ms TTI, and the base station 105-b may establishcommunications with the UE 115-b, and other UEs (not shown) based on the1 ms TTI length and may establish slot-aligned sTTIs for low latencycommunications based on subframe time boundaries of the 1 ms TTIs. Forexample, base station 105-b may establish an sTTI configuration in whichsTTIs do not span the subframe time boundaries or slot boundaries of the1 ms TTI services.

At block 1115, the base station 105-b may identify sTTIs for SRStransmissions. The sTTIs for SRS transmissions may be, in some examples,3-symbol sTTIs, in which one 3-symbol sTTI is located within each slotboundary of a subframe that may be configured as an SRS subframe. Insome examples, the base station 105-b may configure SRS sTTIs ascell-specific SRS sTTIs, and may configure the UE 115-b with UE-specificsTTIs, that are to be used for SRS transmissions. In some cases, thecell-specific sTTIs may be in subframes that are configured ascell-specific SRS subframes for the 1 ms TTI services, althoughcell-specific sTTIs may be in other subframes as well.

At block 1120, the base station 105-b may generate configurationinformation for SRS transmissions. The configuration information mayinclude information on the cell-specific sTTIs and UE-specific sTTIs,for example. In some cases, the configuration information may includesTTI patterns and symbol patterns within sTTIs, along with symbols anduplink resources that are to be used for SRS transmissions. In somecases, the configuration information may include multiplexinginformation that the UE 115-b may use to multiplex SRS transmissionswith other transmissions, such as DMRS transmissions, within a symbolthat is configured with SRS resources. The base station 105-b maytransmit the configuration information 1125 to the UE 115-b.

At block 1130, the base station 105-b may allocate uplink resources forsTTI(s) for uplink transmissions from the UE 115-b. The base station105-b may allocate sTTI resources based on, for example, bufferinformation for low latency services for the UE 115-b. The allocatedresources may include, for example, two or more sTTIs that may beconfigured for SRS transmissions, and the base station 105-b may expectto receive SRS transmissions in the allocated two or more sTTIs. Anindication of the allocated resources may be provided in DCI 1135 thatis transmitted to the UE 115-b.

In some examples, the base station 105-b may configure the UE 115-b totransmit aperiodic SRS, and the SRS transmission/location can beindicated in the DCI 1135. In some examples, the SRStransmission/location may also be indicated in a DL grant that mayindicate that the UE is to transmit a sPUCCH transmission. For example,a [DMRS,Data,SRS] pattern may be used over the 3-symbol sTTIs where[DMRS,Data] is configured in a sPUCCH transmission, and the SRStransmission is implicitly indicated without a specific grant. In othercases, such an SRS transmission may be explicitly signaled by the basestation 105-b.

At block 1140, the UE 115-b may identify sTTIs for uplink transmissions.The uplink sTTIs may be identified based on an uplink grant from thebase station 105-b, for example. Additionally, an sTTI pattern foruplink transmissions may be identified in cases where 2-symbol and3-symbol sTTIs are allocated to the UE 115-b.

At block 1145, the UE 115-b may identify sTTIs for SRS transmissions.The SRS sTTIs may be identified, for example, based on the configurationinformation 1125, the DCI 1135, or combinations thereof. The UE 115-bmay also identify a symbol and uplink resources for SRS transmissionswithin sTTIs. In examples where the UE 115-b is configured to transmitperiodic SRS, the SRS sTTIs and symbols may be identified based oncell-specific SRS sTTIs and UE-specific SRS sTTIs, and the UE 115-b mayidentify sTTIs for SRS transmissions when its UE-specific SRS sTTIcoincides with the cell-specific SRS sTTI.

At block 1150, the UE 115-b may generate uplink data and SRStransmissions. The uplink data may include low latency data that is tobe transmitted to the base station 105-b, and the SRS transmissions maybe located in SRS symbols within an sTTI. The UE 115-b may transmituplink transmission(s) 1155 to the base station 105-b using theallocated sTTIs. As mentioned, the uplink transmission(s) 1155 mayinclude uplink data, DMRS transmissions, SRS transmissions, or anycombinations thereof.

At block 1160, the base station 105-b may perform received signalprocessing for the uplink transmissions. The received signal processingmay include, for example, processing of the SRS transmissions todetermine uplink channel quality over a frequency band associated withthe SRS transmission, uplink timing information based on the SRStransmissions, or the like. Received signal processing may also includedemodulation and decoding of uplink data and the generation of feedback(e.g., HARQ ACK/NACK feedback) to indicate successful or unsuccessfulreception of the uplink data.

FIG. 12 shows a block diagram 1200 of a wireless device 1205 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Wireless device 1205 may be an example of aspects of a userequipment (UE) 115 as described with reference to FIG. 1. Wirelessdevice 1205 may include receiver 1210, UE sTTI manager 1215, andtransmitter 1220. Wireless device 1205 may also include a processor.Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g.,via one or more buses).

Receiver 1210 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions,etc.). Information may be passed on to other components of the device.The receiver 1210 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1535described with reference to FIG. 15.

UE sTTI manager 1215 may be an example of aspects of the UE sTTI manager1515 described with reference to FIG. 15.

UE sTTI manager 1215 and/or at least some of its various sub-componentsmay be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor,firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in softwareexecuted by a processor, the functions of the UE sTTI manager 1215and/or at least some of its various sub-components may be executed by ageneral-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), anapplication-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an field-programmablegate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate ortransistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combinationthereof designed to perform the functions described in the presentdisclosure. The UE sTTI manager 1215 and/or at least some of its varioussub-components may be physically located at various positions, includingbeing distributed such that portions of functions are implemented atdifferent physical locations by one or more physical devices. In someexamples, UE sTTI manager 1215 and/or at least some of its varioussub-components may be a separate and distinct component in accordancewith various aspects of the present disclosure. In other examples, UEsTTI manager 1215 and/or at least some of its various sub-components maybe combined with one or more other hardware components, including butnot limited to an I/O component, a transceiver, a network server,another computing device, one or more other components described in thepresent disclosure, or a combination thereof in accordance with variousaspects of the present disclosure.

UE sTTI manager 1215 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice, identify two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs fortransmission of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries, and transmit one or more SRS transmissions inat least one of the two or more sTTIs.

Transmitter 1220 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 1220 may be collocatedwith a receiver 1210 in a transceiver module. For example, thetransmitter 1220 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1535described with reference to FIG. 15. The transmitter 1220 may include asingle antenna, or it may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 13 shows a block diagram 1300 of a wireless device 1305 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Wireless device 1305 may be an example of aspects of awireless device 1205 or a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGS. 1and 12. Wireless device 1305 may include receiver 1310, UE sTTI manager1315, and transmitter 1320. Wireless device 1305 may also include aprocessor. Each of these components may be in communication with oneanother (e.g., via one or more buses).

Receiver 1310 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions,etc.). Information may be passed on to other components of the device.The receiver 1310 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1535described with reference to FIG. 15.

UE sTTI manager 1315 may be an example of aspects of the UE sTTI manager1515 described with reference to FIG. 15. UE sTTI manager 1315 may alsoinclude sTTI identification component 1325, SRS identification component1330, and SRS generation component 1335.

STTI identification component 1325 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. In some cases, a first subset of the set of sTTIs maybe identified that each span two OFDM symbols and a second subset of theset of sTTIs may be identified that each span three OFDM symbols.

SRS identification component 1330 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissionswithin the subframe time boundaries, and configure the two or more sTTIsof the second subset for the one or more SRS transmissions. In somecases, a number of SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundariesis configurable by a base station. SRS generation component 1335 maygenerate SRS patterns and transmit, via transmitter 1320, the one ormore SRS transmissions.

Transmitter 1320 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 1320 may be collocatedwith a receiver 1310 in a transceiver module. For example, thetransmitter 1320 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1535described with reference to FIG. 15. The transmitter 1320 may include asingle antenna, or it may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 14 shows a block diagram 1400 of a UE sTTI manager 1415 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. The UE sTTI manager 1415 may be an example of aspects of aUE sTTI manager 1215, a UE sTTI manager 1315, or a UE sTTI manager 1515described with reference to FIGS. 12, 13, and 15. The UE sTTI manager1415 may include sTTI identification component 1420, SRS identificationcomponent 1425, SRS generation component 1430, SRS symbol selectioncomponent 1435, SRS frequency selection component 1440, SRSconfiguration component 1445, and multiplexing component 1450. Each ofthese modules may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another(e.g., via one or more buses).

The sTTI identification component 1420 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service, identify a first subset of the set of sTTIs that eachspan two OFDM symbols, and identify a second subset of the set of sTTIsthat each span three OFDM symbols.

SRS identification component 1425 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissionswithin the subframe time boundaries, and configure the two or more sTTIsof the second subset for the one or more SRS transmissions. In somecases, a number of SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundariesis configurable by a base station. SRS generation component 1430 maygenerate SRS patterns and transmit the one or more SRS transmissions.

SRS symbol selection component 1435 may select the SRS symbol locationwithin an sTTI. In some examples, SRS symbol locations within the firstslot may be selected to be either an initial symbol or a last symbol ofan associated three-symbol sTTI. In some cases, the SRS symbol locationwithin the second slot is selected to be a last symbol of the associatedthree-symbol sTTI. In some cases, the identifying the second subsetincludes identifying a first three-symbol sTTI as an initial sTTI of afirst slot within the subframe time boundaries, identifying a secondthree-symbol sTTI as a final sTTI of a second slot within the subframetime boundaries, and identifying a first or initial SRS symbol withinthe first three-symbol sTTI for a first SRS transmission and a secondSRS symbol within the second three-symbol sTTI for a second SRStransmission, where the second SRS symbol of a first subframe isadjacent to the first SRS symbol of a subsequent subframe. In somecases, the locations of the first SRS symbol and the second SRS symbolare selected to provide reduced transient time for a change in one ormore of an uplink transmit power or a resource block allocationassociated with the first SRS transmission and the second SRStransmission. In some cases, the identifying the second subset includesidentifying a final sTTI within each of a first slot and a second slotwithin the subframe time boundaries as three-symbol sTTIs. In somecases, an SRS symbol location within each sTTI of the second subset isselected to provide time diversity between subsequent SRS transmissionsand where frequency bands for the subsequent SRS transmissions areselected to provide frequency diversity between the subsequent SRStransmissions.

In some cases, two or more two-symbol sTTIs within each of a first slotand a second slot within the subframe time boundaries are configured forSRS transmissions. In some cases, one or both of the OFDM symbols withinthe two or more two-symbol sTTIs are configured for SRS transmissions.

SRS frequency selection component 1440 may select a first frequency bandfor the first SRS transmission, select a second frequency band for thesecond SRS transmission that is different than the first frequency band,where the first frequency band and the second frequency band areselected to provide frequency diversity between the first SRStransmission and the second SRS transmission. In some cases, a firstbandwidth for the one or more SRS transmissions may be identified basedon one or more of a channel bandwidth or an sTTI length for uplinktransmissions. In some cases, the first bandwidth for a first SRStransmission is increased relative to a second bandwidth for one or moreother SRS transmissions associated with the second wireless service.

SRS configuration component 1445 may identify aperiodic or periodicconfigurations for SRS transmissions, in some examples. The SRSconfiguration component 1445 may, for example, receive an aperiodicconfiguration in an uplink grant that indicates resources for the one ormore SRS transmissions, receive a downlink grant that indicates anuplink control channel transmission is to be transmitted, determine,based on the downlink grant, that the one or more SRS transmissions areto be transmitted. For periodic configurations, the SRS configurationcomponent 1445 may receive configuration information that indicatesresources for periodic SRS transmissions. In some cases, the periodicconfiguration information includes an indication of cell-specific sTTIsand UE-specific sTTIs that are to be used for SRS transmissions, and afirst sTTI for SRS transmission may be identified when the first sTTIcorresponds to both a cell-specific sTTI and a UE-specific sTTI. In somecases, an indication may be received that data and a DMRS are to betransmitted in two symbols of a three symbol sTTI, and it may bedetermined to transmit SRS in the third symbol of the three symbol sTTI.In some cases, the one or more SRS transmissions are used as filler inone or more sTTIs that otherwise contain no uplink transmissions.

Multiplexing component 1450 may multiplex a DMRS with a first SRS in afirst symbol that is configured for both DMRS and SRS transmission. Insome cases, the multiplexing includes transmitting the DMRS in a firstinterlace of the first symbol, and transmitting the first SRS in asecond interlace of the first symbol. In some cases, the multiplexingincludes transmitting the DMRS in a first interlace of the first symbolusing a first cyclic shift, and transmitting the first SRS in the firstinterlace of the first symbol using a second cyclic shift. In somecases, the multiplexing includes transmitting the DMRS using a first setof antenna ports, and transmitting the first SRS using a second set ofantenna ports that is different than the first set of antenna ports.

FIG. 15 shows a diagram of a system 1500 including a device 1505 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Device 1505 may be an example of or include the componentsof wireless device 1205, wireless device 1305, or a UE 115 as describedabove, e.g., with reference to FIGS. 1, 12 and 13. Device 1505 mayinclude components for bi-directional voice and data communicationsincluding components for transmitting and receiving communications,including UE sTTI manager 1515, processor 1520, memory 1525, software1530, transceiver 1535, antenna 1540, and I/O controller 1545. Thesecomponents may be in electronic communication via one or more busses(e.g., bus 1510). Device 1505 may communicate wirelessly with one ormore base stations 105.

Processor 1520 may include an intelligent hardware device, (e.g., ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, a central processing unit (CPU), amicrocontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, adiscrete gate or transistor logic component, a discrete hardwarecomponent, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 1520may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller.In other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into processor1520. Processor 1520 may be configured to execute computer-readableinstructions stored in a memory to perform various functions (e.g.,functions or tasks supporting sounding reference signal transmission inlow latency wireless transmissions).

Memory 1525 may include random access memory (RAM) and read only memory(ROM). The memory 1525 may store computer-readable, computer-executablesoftware 1530 including instructions that, when executed, cause theprocessor to perform various functions described herein. In some cases,the memory 1525 may contain, among other things, a basic input/outputsystem (BIOS) which may control basic hardware and/or software operationsuch as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.

Software 1530 may include code to implement aspects of the presentdisclosure, including code to support sounding reference signaltransmission in low latency wireless transmissions. Software 1530 may bestored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as systemmemory or other memory. In some cases, the software 1530 may not bedirectly executable by the processor but may cause a computer (e.g.,when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein.

Transceiver 1535 may communicate bi-directionally, via one or moreantennas, wired, or wireless links as described above. For example, thetransceiver 1535 may represent a wireless transceiver and maycommunicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. Thetransceiver 1535 may also include a modem to modulate the packets andprovide the modulated packets to the antennas for transmission, and todemodulate packets received from the antennas.

In some cases, the wireless device may include a single antenna 1540.However, in some cases the device may have more than one antenna 1540,which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiplewireless transmissions.

I/O controller 1545 may manage input and output signals for device 1505.I/O controller 1545 may also manage peripherals not integrated intodevice 1505. In some cases, I/O controller 1545 may represent a physicalconnection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, I/Ocontroller 1545 may utilize an operating system such as iOS®, ANDROID®,MS-DOS®, MS-WINDOWS®, OS/2®, UNIX®, LINUX®, or another known operatingsystem. In other cases, I/O controller 1545 may represent or interactwith a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device.In some cases, I/O controller 1545 may be implemented as part of aprocessor. In some cases, a user may interact with device 1505 via I/Ocontroller 1545 or via hardware components controlled by I/O controller1545.

FIG. 16 shows a block diagram 1600 of a wireless device 1605 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Wireless device 1605 may be an example of aspects of a basestation 105 as described with reference to FIG. 1. Wireless device 1605may include receiver 1610, base station sTTI manager 1615, andtransmitter 1620. Wireless device 1605 may also include a processor.Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g.,via one or more buses).

Receiver 1610 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions,etc.). Information may be passed on to other components of the device.The receiver 1610 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1935described with reference to FIG. 19.

Base station sTTI manager 1615 may be an example of aspects of the basestation sTTI manager 1915 described with reference to FIG. 19.

Base station sTTI manager 1615 and/or at least some of its varioussub-components may be implemented in hardware, software executed by aprocessor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented insoftware executed by a processor, the functions of the base station sTTImanager 1615 and/or at least some of its various sub-components may beexecuted by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA orother programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic,discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed toperform the functions described in the present disclosure. The basestation sTTI manager 1615 and/or at least some of its varioussub-components may be physically located at various positions, includingbeing distributed such that portions of functions are implemented atdifferent physical locations by one or more physical devices. In someexamples, base station sTTI manager 1615 and/or at least some of itsvarious sub-components may be a separate and distinct component inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. In otherexamples, base station sTTI manager 1615 and/or at least some of itsvarious sub-components may be combined with one or more other hardwarecomponents, including but not limited to an I/O component, atransceiver, a network server, another computing device, one or moreother components described in the present disclosure, or a combinationthereof in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Base station sTTI manager 1615 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice, identify two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs fortransmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe time boundaries,and configure a UE to transmit one or more SRS transmissions in at leastone of the two or more sTTIs.

Transmitter 1620 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 1620 may be collocatedwith a receiver 1610 in a transceiver module. For example, thetransmitter 1620 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1935described with reference to FIG. 19. The transmitter 1620 may include asingle antenna, or it may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 17 shows a block diagram 1700 of a wireless device 1705 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Wireless device 1705 may be an example of aspects of awireless device 1605 or a base station 105 as described with referenceto FIGS. 1 and 16. Wireless device 1705 may include receiver 1710, basestation sTTI manager 1715, and transmitter 1720. Wireless device 1705may also include a processor. Each of these components may be incommunication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

Receiver 1710 may receive information such as packets, user data, orcontrol information associated with various information channels (e.g.,control channels, data channels, and information related to soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions,etc.). Information may be passed on to other components of the device.The receiver 1710 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1935described with reference to FIG. 19.

Base station sTTI manager 1715 may be an example of aspects of the basestation sTTI manager 1915 described with reference to FIG. 19. Basestation sTTI manager 1715 may also include sTTI identification component1725, SRS identification component 1730, and SRS configuration component1735.

The sTTI identification component 1725 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service, configure a first subset of the set of sTTIs that eachspan two OFDM symbols and a second subset of the set of sTTIs that eachspan three OFDM symbols. In some cases, the configuring the secondsubset includes configuring a final sTTI within each of a first slot anda second slot within the subframe time boundaries as three-symbol sTTIs.

SRS identification component 1730 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissionswithin the subframe time boundaries.

SRS configuration component 1735 may configure a UE to transmit the oneor more SRS transmissions. In some cases, SRS configuration component1735 may configure two or more sTTIs of the second subset for the one ormore SRS transmissions. In some cases, SRS configuration component 1735may transmit an aperiodic configuration in an uplink grant to the UEthat indicates resources for the one or more SRS transmissions, ortransmit a downlink grant to the UE that indicates an uplink controlchannel transmission is to be transmitted and that the one or more SRStransmissions are to be transmitted. In some examples, SRS configurationcomponent 1735 may transmit configuration information that indicatesresources for periodic SRS transmissions, such as an indication ofcell-specific sTTIs and UE-specific sTTIs that are to be used for SRStransmissions, where a first sTTI for SRS transmission may be identifiedwhen the first sTTI corresponds to both a cell-specific sTTI and aUE-specific sTTI. In some cases, a determination that the one or moreSRS transmissions are to be transmitted is based on an indication in thedownlink grant that data and a DMRS are to be transmitted in two symbolsof a three symbol sTTI.

Transmitter 1720 may transmit signals generated by other components ofthe device. In some examples, the transmitter 1720 may be collocatedwith a receiver 1710 in a transceiver module. For example, thetransmitter 1720 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 1935described with reference to FIG. 19. The transmitter 1720 may include asingle antenna, or it may include a set of antennas.

FIG. 18 shows a block diagram 1800 of a base station sTTI manager 1815that supports sounding reference signal transmission in low latencywireless transmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. The base station sTTI manager 1815 may be an example ofaspects of a base station sTTI manager 1915 described with reference toFIGS. 16, 17, and 19. The base station sTTI manager 1815 may includesTTI identification component 1820, SRS identification component 1825,SRS configuration component 1830, SRS symbol selection component 1835,SRS frequency selection component 1840, and multiplexing component 1845.Each of these modules may communicate, directly or indirectly, with oneanother (e.g., via one or more buses).

The sTTI identification component 1820 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service, and configure a first subset of the set of sTTIs thateach span two OFDM symbols and a second subset of the set of sTTIs thateach span three OFDM symbols. In some cases, the configuring the secondsubset includes configuring a final sTTI within each of a first slot anda second slot within the subframe time boundaries as three-symbol sTTIs.

SRS identification component 1825 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissionswithin the subframe time boundaries.

SRS configuration component 1830 may configure a UE to transmit the oneor more SRS transmissions. In some cases, SRS configuration component1830may configure two or more sTTIs of the second subset for the one ormore SRS transmissions. In some cases, SRS configuration component 1830may transmit an aperiodic configuration in an uplink grant to the UEthat indicates resources for the one or more SRS transmissions, ortransmit a downlink grant to the UE that indicates an uplink controlchannel transmission is to be transmitted and that the one or more SRStransmissions are to be transmitted. In some examples, SRS configurationcomponent 1830 may transmit configuration information that indicatesresources for periodic SRS transmissions, such as an indication ofcell-specific sTTIs and UE-specific sTTIs that are to be used for SRStransmissions, where a first sTTI for SRS transmission may be identifiedwhen the first sTTI corresponds to both a cell-specific sTTI and aUE-specific sTTI. In some cases, a determination that the one or moreSRS transmissions are to be transmitted is based on an indication in thedownlink grant that data and a DMRS are to be transmitted in two symbolsof a three symbol sTTI.

SRS symbol selection component 1835 may, in some cases, configure afirst three-symbol sTTI as an initial sTTI of a first slot within thesubframe time boundaries, configure a second three-symbol sTTI as afinal sTTI of a second slot within the subframe time boundaries, andconfigure a first SRS symbol within the first three-symbol sTTI for afirst SRS transmission and a second SRS symbol within the secondthree-symbol sTTI for a second SRS transmission, where the second symbolof a first subframe is adjacent to the first symbol of a subsequentsubframe. In some cases, the locations of the first SRS symbol and thesecond SRS symbol are selected to provide reduced transient time for achange in one or more of an uplink transmit power or a resource blockallocation associated with the first SRS transmission and the second SRStransmission. In some cases, one or both of the OFDM symbols within thetwo or more two-symbol sTTIs may be configured for SRS transmissions.

SRS frequency selection component 1840 may identify a first bandwidthfor a first SRS transmission of the one or more SRS transmissions basedon one or more of a channel bandwidth or an sTTI length for uplinktransmissions.

Multiplexing component 1845 may configure the UE to multiplex a DMRSwith a first SRS transmission in a first symbol, receive the DMRS in afirst interlace of the first symbol, receive the first SRS transmissionin a second interlace of the first symbol, receive the DMRS in a firstinterlace of the first symbol using a first cyclic shift, receive thefirst SRS transmission in the first interlace of the first symbol usinga second cyclic shift, receive the DMRS using a first set of antennaports, and receive the first SRS transmission using a second set ofantenna ports that is different than the first set of antenna ports.

FIG. 19 shows a diagram of a system 1900 including a device 1905 thatsupports sounding reference signal transmission in low latency wirelesstransmissions in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Device 1905 may be an example of or include the componentsof base station 105 as described above, e.g., with reference to FIG. 1.Device 1905 may include components for bi-directional voice and datacommunications including components for transmitting and receivingcommunications, including base station sTTI manager 1915, processor1920, memory 1925, software 1930, transceiver 1935, antenna 1940,network communications manager 1945, and base station communicationsmanager 1950. These components may be in electronic communication viaone or more busses (e.g., bus 1910). Device 1905 may communicatewirelessly with one or more UEs 115.

Processor 1920 may include an intelligent hardware device, (e.g., ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, anFPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logiccomponent, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof).In some cases, processor 1920 may be configured to operate a memoryarray using a memory controller. In other cases, a memory controller maybe integrated into processor 1920. Processor 1920 may be configured toexecute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory to performvarious functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions).

Memory 1925 may include RAM and ROM. The memory 1925 may storecomputer-readable, computer-executable software 1930 includinginstructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform variousfunctions described herein. In some cases, the memory 1925 may contain,among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware and/orsoftware operation such as the interaction with peripheral components ordevices.

Software 1930 may include code to implement aspects of the presentdisclosure, including code to support sounding reference signaltransmission in low latency wireless transmissions. Software 1930 may bestored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as systemmemory or other memory. In some cases, the software 1930 may not bedirectly executable by the processor but may cause a computer (e.g.,when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein.

Transceiver 1935 may communicate bi-directionally, via one or moreantennas, wired, or wireless links as described above. For example, thetransceiver 1935 may represent a wireless transceiver and maycommunicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. Thetransceiver 1935 may also include a modem to modulate the packets andprovide the modulated packets to the antennas for transmission, and todemodulate packets received from the antennas.

In some cases, the wireless device may include a single antenna 1940.However, in some cases the device may have more than one antenna 1940,which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiplewireless transmissions.

Network communications manager 1945 may manage communications with thecore network (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example,the network communications manager 1945 may manage the transfer of datacommunications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115.

Base station communications manager 1950 may manage communications withother base station 105, and may include a controller or scheduler forcontrolling communications with UEs 115 in cooperation with other basestations 105. For example, the base station communications manager 1950may coordinate scheduling for transmissions to UEs 115 for variousinterference mitigation techniques such as beamforming or jointtransmission. In some examples, base station communications manager 1950may provide an X2 interface within an Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Awireless communication network technology to provide communicationbetween base stations 105.

FIG. 20 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2000 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2000 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2000 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2005 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2005 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2005 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2010 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe timeboundaries. The operations of block 2010 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2010 may be performed by aSRS identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2015 the UE 115 may transmit one or more SRS transmissions inat least one of the two or more sTTIs. The operations of block 2015 maybe performed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS.1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block2015 may be performed by a SRS generation component as described withreference to FIGS. 12 through 15, which may operate in cooperation witha transmitter 1220 or 1320 as described with reference to FIG. 12 or 13,or antenna(s) 1540 and transceiver(s) 1535 as described with referenceto FIG. 15.

FIG. 21 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2100 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2100 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2100 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2105 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2105 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2105 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2110 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe timeboundaries. The operations of block 2110 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2110 may be performed by aSRS identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2115 the UE 115 may identify a first subset of the set of sTTIsthat each span two OFDM symbols and a second subset of the set of sTTIsthat each span three OFDM symbols. The operations of block 2115 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2115may be performed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2120 the UE 115 may configure the two or more sTTIs of thesecond subset for the SRS transmissions. The operations of block 2120may be performed according to the methods described with reference toFIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 2120 may be performed by a SRS identification component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2125 the UE 115 may transmit one or more SRS transmissions inat least one of the two or more sTTIs. The operations of block 2125 maybe performed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS.1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block2125 may be performed by a SRS generation component as described withreference to FIGS. 12 through 15, which may operate in cooperation witha transmitter 1220 or 1320 as described with reference to FIG. 12 or 13,or antenna(s) 1540 and transceiver(s) 1535 as described with referenceto FIG. 15.

FIG. 22 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2200 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2200 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2200 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2205 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2205 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2205 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2210 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe timeboundaries. The operations of block 2210 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2210 may be performed by aSRS identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2215 the UE 115 may select a first frequency band for the firstSRS transmission. The operations of block 2215 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2215 may beperformed by a SRS frequency selection component as described withreference to FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2220 the UE 115 may select a second frequency band for thesecond SRS transmission that is different than the first frequency band,wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band areselected to provide frequency diversity between the first SRStransmission and the second SRS transmission. The operations of block2220 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 2220 may be performed by a SRS frequency selection component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2225 the UE 115 may transmit the SRS transmissions. Theoperations of block 2225 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2225 may be performed by a SRSgeneration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15,which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1220 or 1320 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

FIG. 23 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2300 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2300 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2300 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2305 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2305 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2305 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2310 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within the subframe timeboundaries. The operations of block 2310 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2310 may be performed by aSRS identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2315 the UE 115 may identify a subset of the set of sTTIs thateach span two OFDM symbols. The operations of block 2315 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2315may be performed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2320 the UE 115 may configure two or more sTTIs of the subsetfor the SRS transmissions. The operations of block 2320 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2320 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2325 the UE 115 may transmit the SRS transmissions. Theoperations of block 2325 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2325 may be performed by a SRSgeneration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15,which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1220 or 1320 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

FIG. 24 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2400 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2400 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2400 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2405 the UE 115 may receive an aperiodic configuration in anuplink grant that indicates resources for one or more SRS transmissions.The operations of block 2405 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2405 may be performed by a SRSconfiguration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through15, which may operate in cooperation with a receiver 1210 or 1310 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

At block 2410 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2410 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2410 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2415 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 2415 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2415 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2420 the UE 115 may transmit the one or more SRS transmissions.The operations of block 2420 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2420 may be performed by a SRSgeneration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15,which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1220 or 1320 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

FIG. 25 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2500 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2500 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2500 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2505 the UE 115 may receive a downlink grant that indicates anuplink control channel transmission is to be transmitted. The operationsof block 2505 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 2505 may be performed by a SRS configurationcomponent as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15, which mayoperate in cooperation with a receiver 1210 or 1310 as described withreference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 and transceiver(s) 1535as described with reference to FIG. 15.

At block 2510 the UE 115 may determine, based at least in part on thedownlink grant, that one or more SRS transmissions are to betransmitted. The operations of block 2510 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2510 may be performed by aSRS configuration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2515 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2515 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2515 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2520 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 2520 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2520 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2525 the UE 115 may transmit the one or more SRS transmissions.The operations of block 2525 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2525 may be performed by a SRSgeneration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15,which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1220 or 1320 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

FIG. 26 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2600 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2600 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2600 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2605 the UE 115 may receive configuration information thatindicates resources for periodic SRS transmissions. The operations ofblock 2605 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 2605 may be performed by a SRS configurationcomponent as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15, which mayoperate in cooperation with a receiver 1210 or 1310 as described withreference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 and transceiver(s) 1535as described with reference to FIG. 15.

At block 2610 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2610 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2610 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2615 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 2615 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2615 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2620 the UE 115 may transmit the one or more SRS transmissions.The operations of block 2620 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2620 may be performed by a SRSgeneration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15,which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1220 or 1320 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

FIG. 27 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2700 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2700 may be implemented by a UE 115 or itscomponents as described herein. For example, the operations of method2700 may be performed by a UE sTTI manager as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15. In some examples, a UE 115 may execute a set ofcodes to control the functional elements of the device to perform thefunctions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 mayperform aspects of the functions described below using special-purposehardware.

At block 2705 the UE 115 may identify a set of sTTIs for uplinktransmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIs locatedwithin subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a second wirelessservice. The operations of block 2705 may be performed according to themethods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 2705 may be performed by ansTTI identification component as described with reference to FIGS. 12through 15.

At block 2710 the UE 115 may identify two or more sTTIs within the setof sTTIs for transmission of one or more SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 2710 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2710 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 12 through 15.

At block 2715 the UE 115 may multiplex a DMRS with a first SRS in afirst symbol that is configured for both DMRS and SRS transmission. Theoperations of block 2715 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2715 may be performed by amultiplexing component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through15.

At block 2720 the UE 115 may transmit the one or more SRS transmissions.The operations of block 2720 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2720 may be performed by a SRSgeneration component as described with reference to FIGS. 12 through 15,which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1220 or 1320 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 12 or 13, or antenna(s) 1540 andtransceiver(s) 1535 as described with reference to FIG. 15.

FIG. 28 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2800 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2800 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 2800 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 2805 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 2805 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2805 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 2810 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 2810 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2810 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 2815 the base station 105 may configure a UE to transmit one ormore SRS transmissions in at least one or the two or more sTTIs. Theoperations of block 2815 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 2815 may be performed by a SRSconfiguration component as described with reference to FIGS. 16 through19.

FIG. 29 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 2900 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 2900 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 2900 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 2905 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 2905 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2905 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 2910 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 2910 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 2910 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 2915 the base station 105 may configure a first subset of theset of sTTIs that each span two OFDM symbols and a second subset of theset of sTTIs that each span three OFDM symbols. The operations of block2915 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 2915 may be performed by an sTTI identification component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 2920 the base station 105 may configure two or more sTTIs ofthe second subset for SRS transmissions. The operations of block 2920may be performed according to the methods described with reference toFIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 2920 may be performed by a SRS configuration component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 2925 the base station 105 may configure a UE to transmit one ormore SRS transmissions in the two or more sTTIs. The operations of block2925 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 2925 may be performed by a SRS configuration component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

FIG. 30 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3000 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3000 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3000 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3005 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3005 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3005 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3010 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3010 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3010 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3015 the base station 105 may identify a subset of the set ofsTTIs that each span two OFDM symbols. The operations of block 3015 maybe performed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS.1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block3015 may be performed by an sTTI identification component as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3020 the base station 105 may configure two or more sTTIs ofthe subset for SRS transmissions. The operations of block 3020 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3020may be performed by a SRS configuration component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3025 the base station 105 may configure a UE to transmit one ormore SRS transmissions in the two or more sTTIs. The operations of block3025 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 3025 may be performed by a SRS configuration component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

FIG. 31 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3100 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3100 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3100 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3105 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3105 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3105 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3110 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3110 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3110 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3115 the base station 105 may configure a UE to transmit one ormore SRS transmissions in the two or more sTTIs. The operations of block3115 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 3115 may be performed by a SRS configuration component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3120 the base station 105 may transmit an aperiodicconfiguration in an uplink grant to the UE that indicates resources forthe one or more SRS transmissions. The operations of block 3120 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3120may be performed by a SRS configuration component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19, which may operate in cooperation witha transmitter 1620 or 1720 as described with reference to FIG. 16 or 17,or antenna(s) 1940 and transceiver(s) 1935 as described with referenceto FIG. 19.

FIG. 32 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3200 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3200 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3200 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3205 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3205 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3205 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3210 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3210 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3210 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3215 the base station 105 may configure a UE to transmit one ormore SRS transmissions in the two or more sTTIs. The operations of block3215 may be performed according to the methods described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations ofblock 3215 may be performed by a SRS configuration component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3220 the base station 105 may transmit a downlink grant to theUE that indicates an uplink control channel transmission is to betransmitted and that the one or more SRS transmissions are to betransmitted. The operations of block 3220 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 3220 may be performed by aSRS configuration component as described with reference to FIGS. 16through 19, which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1620 or1720 as described with reference to FIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s) 1940and transceiver(s) 1935 as described with reference to FIG. 19.

FIG. 33 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3300 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3300 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3300 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3305 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3305 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3305 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3310 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3310 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3310 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3315 the base station 105 may transmit configurationinformation that indicates resources for periodic SRS transmissions. Theoperations of block 3315 may be performed according to the methodsdescribed with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples,aspects of the operations of block 3315 may be performed by a SRSconfiguration component as described with reference to FIGS. 16 through19, which may operate in cooperation with a transmitter 1620 or 1720 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s) 1940 andtransceiver(s) 1935 as described with reference to FIG. 19.

FIG. 34 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3400 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3400 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3400 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3405 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3405 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3405 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3410 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3410 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3410 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3415 the base station 105 may configure the UE to multiplex aDMRS with a first SRS transmission in a first symbol. The operations ofblock 3415 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 3415 may be performed by a multiplexing component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3420 the base station 105 may receive the DMRS in a firstinterlace of the first symbol. The operations of block 3420 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3420may be performed by a multiplexing component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19, which may operate in cooperation with a receiver1610 or 1710 as described with reference to FIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s)1940 and transceiver(s) 1935 as described with reference to FIG. 19.

At block 3425 the base station 105 may receive the first SRStransmission in a second interlace of the first symbol. The operationsof block 3425 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 3425 may be performed by a multiplexing component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19, which may operate incooperation with a receiver 1610 or 1710 as described with reference toFIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s) 1940 and transceiver(s) 1935 as describedwith reference to FIG. 19.

FIG. 35 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3500 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3500 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3500 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3505 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3505 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3505 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3510 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3510 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3510 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3515 the base station 105 may configure the UE to multiplex aDMRS with a first SRS transmission in a first symbol. The operations ofblock 3515 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 3515 may be performed by a multiplexing component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3520 the base station 105 may receive the DMRS in a firstinterlace of the first symbol using a first cyclic shift. The operationsof block 3520 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 3520 may be performed by a multiplexing component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19, which may operate incooperation with a receiver 1610 or 1710 as described with reference toFIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s) 1940 and transceiver(s) 1935 as describedwith reference to FIG. 19.

At block 3525 the base station 105 may receive the first SRStransmission in the first interlace of the first symbol using a secondcyclic shift. The operations of block 3525 may be performed according tothe methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certainexamples, aspects of the operations of block 3525 may be performed by amultiplexing component as described with reference to FIGS. 16 through19, which may operate in cooperation with a receiver 1610 or 1710 asdescribed with reference to FIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s) 1940 andtransceiver(s) 1935 as described with reference to FIG. 19.

FIG. 36 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 3600 for soundingreference signal transmission in low latency wireless transmissions inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Theoperations of method 3600 may be implemented by a base station 105 orits components as described herein. For example, the operations ofmethod 3600 may be performed by a base station sTTI manager as describedwith reference to FIGS. 16 through 19. In some examples, a base station105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of thedevice to perform the functions described below. Additionally oralternatively, the base station 105 may perform aspects of the functionsdescribed below using special-purpose hardware.

At block 3605 the base station 105 may identify a set of sTTIs foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service. The operations of block 3605 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3605 may beperformed by an sTTI identification component as described withreference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3610 the base station 105 may identify two or more sTTIs withinthe set of sTTIs for transmission of SRS transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries. The operations of block 3610 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3610 may beperformed by a SRS identification component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3615 the base station 105 may configure the UE to multiplex aDMRS with a first SRS transmission in a first symbol. The operations ofblock 3615 may be performed according to the methods described withreference to FIGS. 1 through 11. In certain examples, aspects of theoperations of block 3615 may be performed by a multiplexing component asdescribed with reference to FIGS. 16 through 19.

At block 3620 the base station 105 may receive the DMRS using a firstset of antenna ports. The operations of block 3620 may be performedaccording to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 11.In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3620 may beperformed by a multiplexing component as described with reference toFIGS. 16 through 19, which may operate in cooperation with a receiver1610 or 1710 as described with reference to FIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s)1940 and transceiver(s) 1935 as described with reference to FIG. 19.

At block 3625 the base station 105 may receive the first SRStransmission using a second set of antenna ports that is different thanthe first set of antenna ports. The operations of block 3625 may beperformed according to the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1through 11. In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 3625may be performed by a multiplexing component as described with referenceto FIGS. 16 through 19, which may operate in cooperation with a receiver1610 or 1710 as described with reference to FIG. 16 or 17, or antenna(s)1940 and transceiver(s) 1935 as described with reference to FIG. 19.

It should be noted that the methods described above describe possibleimplementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearrangedor otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible.Furthermore, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.

Techniques described herein may be used for various wirelesscommunications systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA),time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access(FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), singlecarrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and other systems.The terms “system” and “network” are often used interchangeably. A codedivision multiple access (CDMA) system may implement a radio technologysuch as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc.CDMA2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95, and IS-856 standards. IS-2000 Releasesmay be commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1X, 1X, etc. IS-856 (TIA-856) iscommonly referred to as CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, High Rate Packet Data (HRPD),etc. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA. Atime division multiple access (TDMA) system may implement a radiotechnology such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).

An orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system mayimplement a radio technology such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB),Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM,etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunicationssystem (UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A)are releases of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) thatuse E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, NR, and Global System forMobile communications (GSM) are described in documents from theorganization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP). CDMA2000and UMB are described in documents from an organization named “3rdGeneration Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2). The techniques describedherein may be used for the systems and radio technologies mentionedabove as well as other systems and radio technologies. While aspects anLTE or an NR system may be described for purposes of example, and LTE orNR terminology may be used in much of the description, the techniquesdescribed herein are applicable beyond LTE or NR applications.

In LTE/LTE-A networks, including such networks described herein, theterm evolved node B (eNB) may be generally used to describe the basestations. The wireless communications system or systems described hereinmay include a heterogeneous LTE/LTE-A or NR network in which differenttypes of evolved node B (eNBs) provide coverage for various geographicalregions. For example, each eNB, gNB or base station may providecommunication coverage for a macro cell, a small cell, or other types ofcell. The term “cell” may be used to describe a base station, a carrieror component carrier associated with a base station, or a coverage area(e.g., sector, etc.) of a carrier or base station, depending on context.

Base stations may include or may be referred to by those skilled in theart as a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an accesspoint, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), next generation NodeB(gNB), Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or some other suitable terminology.The geographic coverage area for a base station may be divided intosectors making up only a portion of the coverage area. The wirelesscommunications system or systems described herein may include basestations of different types (e.g., macro or small cell base stations).The UEs described herein may be able to communicate with various typesof base stations and network equipment including macro eNBs, small celleNBs, gNBs, relay base stations, and the like. There may be overlappinggeographic coverage areas for different technologies.

A macro cell generally covers a relatively large geographic area (e.g.,several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEswith service subscriptions with the network provider. A small cell is alower-powered base station, as compared with a macro cell, that mayoperate in the same or different (e.g., licensed, unlicensed, etc.)frequency bands as macro cells. Small cells may include pico cells,femto cells, and micro cells according to various examples. A pico cell,for example, may cover a small geographic area and may allowunrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions with the networkprovider. A femto cell may also cover a small geographic area (e.g., ahome) and may provide restricted access by UEs having an associationwith the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG), UEsfor users in the home, and the like). An eNB for a macro cell may bereferred to as a macro eNB. An eNB for a small cell may be referred toas a small cell eNB, a pico eNB, a femto eNB, or a home eNB. An eNB maysupport one or multiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells(e.g., component carriers).

The wireless communications system or systems described herein maysupport synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronousoperation, the base stations may have similar frame timing, andtransmissions from different base stations may be approximately alignedin time. For asynchronous operation, the base stations may havedifferent frame timing, and transmissions from different base stationsmay not be aligned in time. The techniques described herein may be usedfor either synchronous or asynchronous operations.

The downlink transmissions described herein may also be called forwardlink transmissions while the uplink transmissions may also be calledreverse link transmissions. Each communication link describedherein—including, for example, wireless communications system 100 and200 of FIGS. 1 and 2—may include one or more carriers, where eachcarrier may be a signal made up of multiple sub-carriers (e.g., waveformsignals of different frequencies).

The description set forth herein, in connection with the appendeddrawings, describes example configurations and does not represent allthe examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of theclaims. The term “exemplary” used herein means “serving as an example,instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred” or “advantageous overother examples.” The detailed description includes specific details forthe purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques.These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specificdetails. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shownin block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of thedescribed examples.

In the appended figures, similar components or features may have thesame reference label. Further, various components of the same type maybe distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a secondlabel that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the firstreference label is used in the specification, the description isapplicable to any one of the similar components having the same firstreference label irrespective of the second reference label.

Information and signals described herein may be represented using any ofa variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data,instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chipsthat may be referenced throughout the above description may berepresented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magneticfields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combinationthereof.

The various illustrative blocks and modules described in connection withthe disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with ageneral-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmablelogic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardwarecomponents, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functionsdescribed herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor,but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor,controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also beimplemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combinationof a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or moremicroprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other suchconfiguration).

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, softwareexecuted by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. Ifimplemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may bestored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on acomputer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are withinthe scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to thenature of software, functions described above can be implemented usingsoftware executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, orcombinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may alsobe physically located at various positions, including being distributedsuch that portions of functions are implemented at different physicallocations. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, “or” as usedin a list of items (for example, a list of items prefaced by a phrasesuch as “at least one of” or “one or more of”) indicates an inclusivelist such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C meansA or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, asused herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a referenceto a closed set of conditions. For example, an exemplary step that isdescribed as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition Aand a condition B without departing from the scope of the presentdisclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shallbe construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in parton.”

Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storagemedia and communication media including any medium that facilitatestransfer of a computer program from one place to another. Anon-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that can beaccessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way ofexample, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media maycomprise RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read only memory(EEPROM), compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magneticdisk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any othernon-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired programcode means in the form of instructions or data structures and that canbe accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or ageneral-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection isproperly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the softwareis transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using acoaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line(DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave,then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digitalsubscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio,and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk and disc,as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatiledisc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproducedata magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.Combinations of the above are also included within the scope ofcomputer-readable media.

The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the artto make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosurewill be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the genericprinciples defined herein may be applied to other variations withoutdeparting from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is notlimited to the examples and designs described herein, but is to beaccorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novelfeatures disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:identifying a set of shortened transmission time intervals (sTTIs) foruplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set of sTTIslocated within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service; identifying two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIsfor transmission of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions withinthe subframe time boundaries; and transmitting one or more SRStransmissions in at least one of the two or more sTTIs.
 2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein a number of SRS transmissions within the subframe timeboundaries is configurable by a base station.
 3. The method of claim 1,further comprising: identifying a first subset of the set of sTTIs thateach span two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbolsand a second subset of the set of sTTIs that each span three OFDMsymbols; and configuring the two or more sTTIs of the second subset forSRS transmissions.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying thesecond subset comprises: identifying a first three-symbol sTTI as aninitial sTTI of a first slot within the subframe time boundaries;identifying a second three-symbol sTTI as a final sTTI of a second slotwithin the subframe time boundaries; and identifying a first SRS symbolwithin the first three-symbol sTTI for a first SRS transmission and asecond SRS symbol within the second three-symbol sTTI for a second SRStransmission, wherein the second SRS symbol of a first subframe isadjacent to the first SRS symbol of a subsequent subframe.
 5. The methodof claim 4, wherein locations of the first SRS symbol and the second SRSsymbol are selected to provide reduced transient time for a change inone or more of an uplink transmit power or a resource block allocationassociated with the first SRS transmission and the second SRStransmission.
 6. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying the secondsubset comprises: identifying a final sTTI within each of a first slotand a second slot within the subframe time boundaries as three-symbolsTTIs.
 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying asubset of the set of sTTIs that each span two orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and configuring two or more sTTIsof the subset for the SRS transmissions.
 8. The method of claim 1,further comprising: receiving an aperiodic configuration in an uplinkgrant that indicates resources for the one or more SRS transmissions inat least one of the two or more sTTIs.
 9. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: receiving a downlink grant that indicates an uplink controlchannel transmission is to be transmitted; and determining, based atleast in part on the downlink grant, that the one or more SRStransmissions are to be transmitted.
 10. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: receiving configuration information that indicates resourcesfor periodic SRS transmissions.
 11. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: identifying a first bandwidth for the one or more SRStransmissions based at least in part on one or more of a channelbandwidth or an sTTI length for uplink transmissions.
 12. The method ofclaim 1, further comprising: multiplexing a demodulation referencesignal (DMRS) with a first SRS in a first symbol that is configured forboth DMRS and SRS transmission.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein themultiplexing comprises: transmitting the DMRS in a first interlace ofthe first symbol; and transmitting the first SRS in a second interlaceof the first symbol.
 14. A method for wireless communication,comprising: identifying a set of shortened transmission time intervals(sTTIs) for uplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set ofsTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service; identifying two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIsfor transmission of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions withinthe subframe time boundaries; and configuring a user equipment (UE) totransmit one or more SRS transmissions using at least one of the two ormore sTTIs.
 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: configuringa first subset of the set of sTTIs that each span two orthogonalfrequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and a second subset ofthe set of sTTIs that each span three OFDM symbols; and configuring twoor more sTTIs of the second subset for the one or more SRStransmissions.
 16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:identifying a subset of the set of sTTIs that each span two orthogonalfrequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and configuring two ormore sTTIs of the subset for the one or more SRS transmissions.
 17. Themethod of claim 14, further comprising: transmitting an aperiodicconfiguration in an uplink grant to the UE that indicates resources forthe one or more SRS transmissions.
 18. The method of claim 14, furthercomprising: transmitting a downlink grant to the UE that indicates anuplink control channel transmission is to be transmitted and that theone or more SRS transmissions are to be transmitted.
 19. The method ofclaim 14, further comprising: transmitting configuration informationthat indicates resources for periodic SRS transmissions.
 20. The methodof claim 19, wherein the configuration information comprises anindication of cell-specific sTTIs and UE specific sTTIs that are to beused for SRS transmissions, and wherein the method further comprises:identifying a first sTTI for SRS transmission when the first sTTIcorresponds to both a cell-specific sTTI and a UE-specific sTTI.
 21. Themethod of claim 14, further comprising: identifying a first bandwidthfor a first SRS transmission of the one or more SRS transmissions basedat least in part on one or more of a channel bandwidth or an sTTI lengthfor uplink transmissions.
 22. The method of claim 14, furthercomprising: configuring the UE to multiplex a demodulation referencesignal (DMRS) with a first SRS transmission in a first symbol.
 23. Anapparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising: aprocessor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; andinstructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by theprocessor, to cause the apparatus to: identify a set of shortenedtransmission time intervals (sTTIs) for uplink transmissions of a firstwireless service, the set of sTTIs located within subframe timeboundaries of a subframe of a second wireless service; identify two ormore sTTIs within the set of sTTIs for transmission of soundingreference signal (SRS) transmissions within the subframe timeboundaries; and transmit one or more SRS transmissions in at least oneof the two or more sTTIs.
 24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein theinstructions are operable to cause the apparatus to: identify a firstsubset of the set of sTTIs that each span two orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and a second subset of the set ofsTTIs that each span three OFDM symbols; and configure the two or moresTTIs of the second subset for SRS transmissions.
 25. The apparatus ofclaim 23, wherein the instructions are operable to cause the apparatusto: receive an aperiodic configuration in an uplink grant that indicatesresources for the one or more SRS transmissions in at least one of thetwo or more sTTIs.
 26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein theinstructions are operable to cause the apparatus to: multiplex ademodulation reference signal (DMRS) with a first SRS in a first symbolthat is configured for both DMRS and SRS transmission.
 27. An apparatusfor wireless communication, in a system comprising: a processor; memoryin electronic communication with the processor; and instructions storedin the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause theapparatus to: identify a set of shortened transmission time intervals(sTTIs) for uplink transmissions of a first wireless service, the set ofsTTIs located within subframe time boundaries of a subframe of a secondwireless service; identify two or more sTTIs within the set of sTTIs fortransmission of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions within thesubframe time boundaries; and configure a user equipment (UE) totransmit one or more SRS transmissions in at least one of the two ormore sTTIs.
 28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the instructions areoperable to cause the apparatus to: configure a first subset of the setof sTTIs that each span two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) symbols and a second subset of the set of sTTIs that each spanthree OFDM symbols; and configure two or more sTTIs of the second subsetfor the one or more SRS transmissions.
 29. The apparatus of claim 27,wherein the instructions are operable to cause the apparatus to:transmit an aperiodic configuration in an uplink grant to the UE thatindicates resources for the one or more SRS transmissions.
 30. Theapparatus of claim 27, wherein the instructions are operable to causethe apparatus to: transmit a downlink grant to the UE that indicates anuplink control channel transmission is to be transmitted and that theone or more SRS transmissions are to be transmitted.